Tiga's companions

This article lacks an official name. "Tiga's companions" is simply how it is referred to as, due to the popularity in the fandom or how it's mentioned in-story.

Tiga's companions
Data
Home World	Unknown nebula
Race	Ancient Ultras
Status	Destroyed
Affiliation	Ultraman Tiga Ultra-Ancient Giants of Light Ultra-Ancient Civilization Terranoid
Number of Appearances	1 (series) 1 (Gaiden)
First Appearance	Ultraman Tiga episode 1 "Inheritance of Light"
Latest Appearance	Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient Giant

Tiga's companions are a pair of Ultra Warriors who once accompanied Ultraman Tiga after his defection from the Giants of Darkness.

History

Past

After Tiga turned to the light, he fought along side two companions against enemies. However, they were restricted from interfering with human decisions when some of them picked Gijera over the Ultras. After their duty was done, they were laid to rest inside a giant pyramid until the Earth needed them again, predicting the incoming calamity induced by the great destroyer. Their light essence departed for their home, leaving behind their bodies as statues.

Ultraman Tiga

The members of GUTS discovered three statues of Ultraman inside the pyramid.

30 million years later, as Yuzare's time capsule crashed on Earth, the TPC investigation team GUTS conducted an examination of the object. Through Yuzare's holographic images, they learned the message: "Revive the giant hidden within the pyramid." After analyzing ancient languages, the team conclusively identified the pyramid located on a mountain in the northeastern region of Japan and promptly proceeded to the site for investigation.

Upon hearing Yuzare's voice, team member Daigo Madoka was guided and successfully located the pyramid, where he and other astonished team members discovered the existence of three statues. However, simultaneously, Golza and Melba, emerging from Mongolia and Easter Island, approached Japan. After destroying the barrier of the pyramid, they began to damage the statues, completely demolishing two of them, while Tiga's statue remained intact. Through the fusion with Daigo transformed into light, Tiga was able to resurrect from within the contemporary era.^{Inheritance of Light}

Subsequently, TPC recovered the remnants of Tiga's companions and assigned them to Yuuji Tango from the Biochemistry Division for analysis. Despite the slow progress in the analysis, a preliminary confirmation revealed the presence of extraterrestrial organic materials within the fragments of these statues. The fragments of the two statues were collected in a container named Ark and analysis was conducted through this container.^{One Vanishing Moment}

The fragments of Tiga's companions are placed in a container named "Ark".

However, Tango, dissatisfied with the long-standing lack of recognition within TPC, influenced by the persuasive words of Keigo Masaki, without proper authorization, transmitted TPC's relevant data and images to him. He also unilaterally transferred Ark from the Dive Hangar to Cytech Corporation in Kumamoto City. During this period, abnormal vibrations were observed in the fragments of the statues inside Ark.^{Land Shark}

Tango plans to utilize the fragments of statues stored in Ark with the intention of "mass-producing" Ultraman.

Upon learning of Masaki's plan, GUTS went to the Cytech Corporation headquarters to search for Ark. In the laboratory, they found Tango, who addressed Masami Horii and expressed his intention to re-synthesize the sand from the statue fragments and mass-produce it, aiming to create numerous Ultraman. However, as Masaki transformed into the fourth giant of light and, driven by his greed and selfish intent, corrupted into a dark giant known as "Evil Tiga", Tango's ideals were ultimately shattered.

Following the defeat of Evil Tiga by Ultraman Tiga, all individuals involved in the theft of Ark were detained by the police bureau. The statue analysis team was also disbanded, and Ark was once again placed under confidential management by TPC.^{Inheritance of Shadows}

Ultraman Dyna

Archive footage of Tiga's companions appearing in Ultraman Dyna.

The archival footage of Tiga's companions briefly appears in the series. When Megumi Iruma mentions the existence of Project F to Gousuke Hibiki, she promptly reviews the archival footage of Tiga's companions on the spot by accessing the files from the TPC Intelligence Bureau.

According to the information she received, the project essentially used the analytical data left by Keigo Masaki as a foundation, attempting to restore the stone statue. When Kihachi Gondou, a staff member of the police bureau, reactivated the frozen Project F, he utilized the wreckage of Tiga's companions and ultimately manufactured Terranoid at the Mars base.^{Final Chapter I: A New Shadow}

Profile

Stats

• Height: Unknown
• Weight: Unknown
• Age: Unknown
• Home World: Space, laid to rest in Tiga's Pyramid
• Time Limit: Unknown

Other Media

Dark Horse Manga

These Ultras appear in a non-canon manga drawn by Tony Wong and published by Dark Horse Comics. They are first seen helping Tiga save the ancient civilization from a deluge of monsters.

In modern times they were with Tiga in a strange dimension when Daigo was rescued from his plane crash. After Daigo merged with the Tiga statue, it was the two of them who bestowed on him the knowledge of Type Change.

Merchandise

Ultimate Collection

• Tiga Monster Ultimate Collection PART 2 (1997)
  • Release Date: 1997
  • Price: 2980 yen
  • Materials: PVC

The three statues from the first episode is immortalized as PVC figures, released as part of the 2nd Tiga Monster Ultimate Collection set.

Chodo

• Ultraman Tiga ~The One Who Inherits The Light~ (2020)
  • Release Date: March 2020
  • Price: 6,600 yen
  • JAN/ISBN: TBA
  • Materials: PVC, ABS

Released as part of the titular Chodo set, the statues are once again released as non-articulated figurines. In addition, they also feature a separation gimmick on each body, which allows it to recreate the destruction of the statues caused by the included Melba and Golza.

Gallery

Ultraman Tiga

Daigo looks at them

The whole team in Tiga's Pyramid

Their last moment before being destroyed

A companion's statue before being destroyed

His statue before falling down and shatters

The other companion's statue before being destroyed

His statue being beheaded

Ark

Dark Horse Manga

Tiga's companions as seen in the comic

Tiga and his companions arrive on Earth in the manga

Miscellaneous

Tiga's companions in Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient Giant

Filming props

Trivia

• In real life, these two Ultras were rejected designs for Ultraman Tiga. During the series' early planning stages, three proposed designs were put out for the titular Ultra, made into the form of clay statues. When Tiga's current design was chosen, the other two were kept as said statues that were ultimately destroyed by Golza and Melba.
  • Initially, plans were also made to have supposedly five statues in the pyramid instead of three. While two of them were crushed by Golza and Melba, the other two would fuse with Tiga to provide him with the Type Change ability. Had this plan went on in the series, the backstory of Tiga stealing the Giants of Darkness' powers would have never happened.
• The description of the dimension Tiga and his companions resided in, in the Dark Horse Comic, prior to Daigo's merger with him, implied to be a sort of limbo dimension the physical world and the dimension of the Ultras. There are similar hints and mentions to an 'Ultra Dimension' later in the canon series.
• In the 4Kids version of the series, the companions' statues were explained to be fake statues meant to protect the real statue, Tiga's.